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War, trade and Air India crash cast cloud over Paris Air Show

War, tariffs and the Air India crash will cast a shadow over the Paris Air Show as the aerospace industry’s biggest annual gathering opens on Monday.More than 2,400 companies from 48 countries are showing off their hardware at the week-long event at Le Bourget airfield on the outskirts of Paris.The sales rivalry between Airbus and …

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Draisaitl strikes in OT as Oilers beat Panthers to tie Stanley Cup Final

Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl scored his second overtime winner of this Stanley Cup Final as the Oilers beat the Florida Panthers 5-4 to level the NHL championship series at two games apiece on Thursday.The 29-year-old German center scored his fourth overtime goal of the playoffs at 11:18 of the extra session to decide a roller coaster …

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Oil surges, stocks fall on Middle East fears as Israel strikes Iran

Oil prices soared more than 12 percent and stocks sank Friday after Israel launched “preemptive” strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites and warned of more to come, stoking fears of a full-blown war.Investors ran for the hills on news of the attacks and a warning from Tehran that its regional foe faced a “bitter …

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India plane crash: What we know

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner carrying 242 people crashed on Thursday after taking off from the Indian city of Ahmedabad bound for London, with officials saying that just one person on the jet survived and at least 24 people on the ground died.Police said 265 bodies had been taken to hospital in the main city of …

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Dollar dives on Trump’s new trade threat

The dollar plunged on Thursday after US President Donald Trump threatened higher unilateral tariffs on trade partners, and oil see-sawed as traders evaluated the probability behind reports that Israel could be gearing up to strike Iran.Stocks traded mixed as investors navigated the double whammy of returning trade uncertainty and geopolitical volatility, while Boeing’s share price …

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India plane crash: What we know so far

A London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 242 people crashed on Thursday in the Indian city of Ahmedabad, with officials saying that just one person survived.Here is what we know so far:- What happened? -The Gatwick Airport-bound aeroplane left Ahmedabad, the main city of India’s Gujarat state, with 242 people on board.Air India’s flight 171 issued …

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787 Dreamliner is Boeing’s flagship long-distance plane

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner that crashed in India on Thursday is the pride of the US company’s catalogue for long-distance planes: a fuel-efficient, wide-body aircraft able to transport up to 330 people.- Lightweight -After first entering service in October 2011, with Japan’s All Nippon Airways, 2,598 of the planes have been ordered by more than …

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